The Motorcycle Classics archive is now available in searchable form. We have just completed compiling 10 years of the magazine, bringing you the most brilliant, unusual and popular motorcycles ever made … delivered on a flash drive that plugs into the USB port on your favorite device. Whether you’re interested in a particular manufacturer or repairing a specific part, use our search function to bring up all of Motorcycle Classics’ relevant content! For collectors and enthusiasts, dreamers and restorers, newcomers and lifelong gearheads, we have you well covered.

By bringing together this collection of articles and photographs, we get the chance to share our vast archives with you, and to celebrate the work that you, our treasured readers, have enabled us to accomplish over the years.

Today, as we forge ahead into a new and uncharted media landscape, we continue to invest in ways to deliver the most relevant and valuable content in the most efficient and innovative formats. This digital archive contains almost 1,000 articles formatted for optimal viewing on computers.

In addition to the ability to search the entire archive or browse by each month and year, the interface contains enhanced search features.

Also included on the USB drive are 71 articles in PDF format. These articles, written by longtime Motorcycle Classics contributors Alan Cathcart and Phillip Tooth, appeared originally in print but not in our digital archive.

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Suddenly, everyone wants one of those old dirt bikes from back in the day. Knobby tires, small two-cycle engines, four-speed transmission, and a full four inches of suspension travel. Those are the bikes that most baby boomers grew up on; the ones that young men rode into the ground and left to rot where ever they last fell.

But no more. Now, those simple little Hondas, Yamahas, Harleys and Pentons are making their way from the back of the garage to the front. From the barn to the shop. The shop where patient mechanics and enthusiasts are stripping them down and bringing them back to life.

The question for the prospective buyer is: What to bring home? Among the thousands and thousands of dirt bikes, scramblers, trials bikes, play bikes and early motocross bikes, which are the best bikes to make your own?

Vintage Dirt Bikes will help the reader make that decision by providing information on all the most popular makes. For each bike, this new book provides four to six paragraphs describing the bike in general terms. In addition, bullet points for each model include the following information: Relative cost to acquire, value when finished, and which are most likely to offer the most fun for the money. Readers will also find what to look for when checking the condition of items such as paint, suspension, frame and engine.

A general section at the back of the book helps the reader decide where to buy classic bikes, where to get parts, who to call for help, and which parts of the restoration should be farmed out to experts with specific skills.